Shoe-nail.



N. R. CARRELL. sHoE NAIL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.25.I9I1.

Patented F. 26, 19.18.

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To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, NEWTON R. CARRELL, a citizen'of the United States, residing at Decatur, in the county of Morgan and State of Alabama, have invented new and useful improvements in Shoe-Nails, of which the following is a specification.

This invention isjan improved shoe. nail for use on the sole or heel of a shoe to' protect the same' from wear, the object of the invention being to provide an improved nail of this character which embodies a shank and a head so constructed that the'shank holds the nail in place'vvhe1r,driven into a sole or heel andthe head readily enters the leather, displaces only 'a minimum quantity of the leather andserves to irmly hold the portions of thl ather between the head and the heads of adf'acent nails.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of devices hereinafter dearranged in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a plan cfl the same.

Fig. 5v is a plan of a sole and' heel of a shoe and showing the arrangement of my improved nails therein to protect the same.

Fig. 6 is a sectional View of the same in the plane indicated by the line 5 5 of 1g. 4. w My improved shoe nail comprises a shank 1 and a head 2: The sides of the shank are parallel with each other and the shank is `owing to the parallel arrangement of its Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 205, llgil.. Application filed August 25, 1917. Serial No. 188,135. i

sides is( securely retained in place in the same to be readily driven into the leather/ ofv a sole or heel, the head, owing to' its wedge-shaped cross-section, readily entering the leather and displacing the same only to a minimum extent. rl`he head may be readily driven into the leather until its outer surface is iush with the surface of the sole or heel so that the nail Jforms no obstruction or unevenness whatever on the sole or heel and greatly promotes the comfort of the user of the shoe. 1n practice my nails are applied to the sole or heel at a slight distance apart, as shown, and, owing te the wedge-shaped. cross-section of the heads of the nails the leather-between the heads is firmly held, like the key-stone of an arch.

Having thus described my invention, l claim The herein described shoe nail compris ing a shank and a head, said shank having parallel sides and a broad chisel-like enterlng point and said head extending laterally from the shank and being Wedge-shaped in cross-section to provide an entering edge on the lower side and arranged longitudinally thereof, said entering edge of the head being arranged at right-angles to the chisellike point oir'4 the shank.

ln testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

NEWTGN R. CARRELL. 

